I probably shouldn’t have asked myself such a heavy question two days before school holidays were over, particularly given I found Teacher by Gabbie Stroud while scrolling through the iBooks store during The Bachelor finale (such was my rage at ...

Last year, instead of driving to work I started travelling by bus. No matter what time of day it was, there was one common denominator: almost every passenger is absorbed in their mobile phones. This is an age of miraculous ...

Having grown up the child of two high-achieving professionals and possessing the requisite academics, I commenced a law degree after school. Like the 99 per cent, I wasn't to know that the GFC would hit in 2008 – two years later. ...

We all like autonomy – the feeling of freedom and being in control. The classroom is no different. Students are more engaged and have a greater sense of responsibility when given autonomy over their learning. They thrive when they are ...

When principal of Templestowe College, Peter Hutton, was at school, like many of us, he was told that one day the esoteric-seeming knowledge he gained would be useful. "That hasn't happened yet," Hutton quipped at a recent event. Perhaps this would have been ...

Student writing skills have declined by nearly 24 points since 2011, according to the latest NAPLAN results data released in early September. Only 79.5 per cent of Year 9 students met the minimum writing standards in the 2018 literacy test, ...

Remember those yellow 'Livestrong' wristbands? In 2003, now-infamous cyclist Lance Armstrong created a charity to support cancer research after he developed testicular cancer, and promoted it using the silicone rubber accessories. They soon caught on as a philanthropic status symbol, and ...

If 'poop hands & green lizards' or 'dino dandruff & asteroids' don't intrigue you, what will? These episodes illustrate the premise of Up & Atom, a radio show for young listeners. Broadcast on Sydney-based independent youth radio station FBi (94.5 FM), the 15-20 minute show aims ...

Last week's hand-wringing over the comparability of online NAPLAN tests with paper versions is moot. That is, according to one of the architects of PISA, Professor Doctor Eckhard Klieme. Klieme, a professor of education research (with a background in maths and psychology) ...

What do a doctor and a teacher have in common? Potentially nothing, yet Professor Geoff Masters would like them to share something significant. Delivering a keynote presentation at the ACER Research Conference 2018, Masters, ACER's CEO, explained his viewpoint. "The origins of ...